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Anyone know how to keep baby out of litter box????

Now that my lil boy crawls and is starting to walk everywhere he wants to go stick his hands in the cats litter box. It has a lid on it with the flap but he still wants to get in there. I can't close the door to the bathroom bc then the cat can't get in there. I'm assuming I will just have to keep a close eye on him until hes old enough to understand but I wanted to see if anyone had some tips.

either put a baby gate in the bathroom door (that's what we do, he squeezes through the bars in the gate, perfect!) or put the litter box on top of the dryer or something high, so the baby can't reach it, but the cat can jump.

the standard gate does not fit the door way. It's a small bathroom. And she's only allowed to the main part of the house. All the back bedroom doors stay shut, so I don't have anything to put it up high on. I have thought of only opening the door at naps and night time but I was just afraid that might make the cat start peeing elsewhere. thanks girls

we have to put our litter box in our closet and one downstairs in the basement. invest in a little sandbox that she actually can play in? lol it is hard! my 1 year old loves to get in the dog food too.

We have small doorways too - I found a cheap, wooden , pressure mounted gate at target that fits great! :)
If you can't find a gate, try blocking the door with a box - it will work until he starts climbing LOL